22.17.62

Print, Photographic

1944 Approximate

Roy Yess Posed with Military Vehicle. Material: paper. Size: 3" x 4 1/2". Description: black and white snapshot showing two young men in military uniforms posed casually beside a open car; on the left appears to be Roy Yess; man on right not identified.

Lawrence and Roy Yess served in the U. S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division and fought in the Battle Iwo Jima, February 1945, an island in the Pacific which was the site of one of the bloodiest and most famous battles of World War II against Japan. Found at the Pink Schoolhouse sale. Rural Wilton Township School District #20, school District 20; located in Waseca County, Wilton Township, Section 17, Pink School house.